I think I killed my motorcycle battery...I hooked it up backwards and now it wont start with it conected right

Question

I accidently connected the the negative to the positive and the positive to the negative. there was a small spark. and i relized i screwed up and switched it back the right way. Now with it connected the right way my bike is not working. I get no lights. Whats the Verdict?

Answer 1

You shorted out your electrics.  Maybe check the main fuse and see if it's burnt out.  If not, you could have alot of trouble in front of you

Answer 2

Remember the red cable goes to the positive side.

Answer 3

check the fuses; look very carefully at them, I bet you'll find at least 1 blown one: your starter/ignition.

the other way to test it is to install a known-to-be good battery CORRECTLY...if a fuse did blow, it still won't start, right?

some parts stores will check your battery for you, to see if it's still good. bottom line, I bet you'll be replacing a fuse AND buying a battery.

Answer 4

you should just have a fuse that fried. Look past the positive battery cable to the fuse box.

Answer 5

I would say look at your fuses too. But there is sometimes a 'fusible link', a sort of master fuse in the battery cable itself.  Look for that.  Or look at the manual and you'll see it. Otherwise look at the regular fuses.  I'd be pretty sure you fried at least one.

Answer 6

check all your fuses there may be some that have blown

Answer 7

As the others have said look for blown fuse. The most likely is the mains fuse it will be fairly close to the battery around the starter soleniod usual. This fuse feeds the bikes entire electrical system so is most likely first to blow. Secondly find the fuse and check those fuses there is a likelihood one these fuses will be blown also.

Get the battery checked also to be sure it is fully charged.

One last thing if it is a late model bike with fuel injection etc have the computer looked at, it is probably blown.

Good luck

Answer 8

These guys have you on the right track.

It's usually the main fuse.

Where it's located depends on the make and model.